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My 33+ years of expertise in the California Bay Area is in the 4 R's - Retail, Restaurant, Real Estate and now Retirement. I can help you with the following: -...

AREAS OF EXPERTISE:

Business Finance & Accounting; Business Strategy & Planning; Business Operations; Human Resources & Internal Communications; Sales, Marketing & Public Relations

INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE:

Real Estate, Rental & Leasing; Accommodation & Food Services; Professional & Business Services; Retail & Wholesale Trade

Business Background: In Retail, I leased small electrics and personal care items in department stores for 15 years. I began with one store and finished with seventeen. It was a...

AREAS OF EXPERTISE:

Business Strategy & Planning; Business Operations; Sales, Marketing & Public Relations

INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE:

Transportation & Warehousing; Professional & Business Services; Retail & Wholesale Trade

I can help you start a new business or improve your existing business. I can work to guide you through the steps it takes to create a business and/or to improve sales and...

AREAS OF EXPERTISE:

Business Strategy & Planning; Business Operations; Sales, Marketing & Public Relations

INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE:

Professional & Business Services; Retail & Wholesale Trade

35 years of experience in the Process Control Industry with Foxboro (division of Invensys) and Fisher Controls (division of Emerson). Plus GM & VP of MacTech an industrial...

AREAS OF EXPERTISE:

Business Strategy & Planning; Manufacturing & Product Development; Sales, Marketing & Public Relations

INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE:

Manufacturing & Industrial; Professional & Business Services; Retail & Wholesale Trade

I can help you develop a comprehensive financial, marketing and operations plan.  

AREAS OF EXPERTISE:

Business Finance & Accounting; Business Strategy & Planning; Business Operations; Sales, Marketing & Public Relations

INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE:

Banking, Finance & Insurance; Professional & Business Services; Retail & Wholesale Trade

Remember puka shell necklaces and mood rings? I was the costume jewelry buyer when those trends exploded, and I got at first hand several lessons in how to explode a business! I...

AREAS OF EXPERTISE:

Sales, Marketing & Public Relations

INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE:

Retail & Wholesale Trade

I spent 30+ years in marketing, management, and product development roles for firms in the sales and negotiation training/consulting business.  I can be particularly helpful...

AREAS OF EXPERTISE:

Business Strategy & Planning; Business Operations; Sales, Marketing & Public Relations

INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE:

Professional & Business Services

Bill can help new and existing small business owners in establishing and analyzing financial systems, including Quickbooks; creating business plans, developing and implementing...

AREAS OF EXPERTISE:

Business Finance & Accounting; Business Strategy & Planning; Business Operations; Sales, Marketing & Public Relations

INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE:

Home or Personal Maintenance Services; Real Estate, Rental & Leasing; Transportation & Warehousing; Accommodation & Food Services; Professional & Business Services; Retail & Wholesale Trade

I help clients with marketing and market research.  Some of the areas we cover are: How to set up low cost market research, including questionnaire design, and...

AREAS OF EXPERTISE:

Business Strategy & Planning; Sales, Marketing & Public Relations

INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE:

Manufacturing & Industrial; Retail & Wholesale Trade

I can help you work through an initial business plan and consider how to best test whether your business can be viable. I have worked as a software engineer, product manager...

AREAS OF EXPERTISE:

Business Strategy & Planning; Manufacturing & Product Development; Business Operations; Technology & IT Services; Sales, Marketing & Public Relations

INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE:

Technical & Scientific Services; Professional & Business Services

Hi.  I mentor new and existing entrepreneurs to conceive, develop and expand their restaurant business. I have over twelve years experience owning and operating...

AREAS OF EXPERTISE:

Business Finance & Accounting; Business Strategy & Planning; Business Operations

INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE:

Accommodation & Food Services

Let me help you with Small Business Startup issues: finance, small office accounting, office automation, hiring your first employee, conserving cash, marketing a new product or...

AREAS OF EXPERTISE:

Business Strategy & Planning; Manufacturing & Product Development; Business Operations; Technology & IT Services

INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE:

Banking, Finance & Insurance; Manufacturing & Industrial; Technical & Scientific Services

I can assist you in your decision making on a wide variety of business development and management issues. With 42 years of working experience, I started in large corporations and...

AREAS OF EXPERTISE:

Business Finance & Accounting; Business Strategy & Planning; Business Operations; Human Resources & Internal Communications; Sales, Marketing & Public Relations

INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE:

Retail & Wholesale Trade

I have an extensive educational background combined with over 30 years in the automotive industry in the areas of sales, marketing, logistics, after sales, real estate, market...

AREAS OF EXPERTISE:

Business Strategy & Planning; Supply Chain Management; Business Operations; Sales, Marketing & Public Relations

INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE:

Real Estate, Rental & Leasing; Transportation & Warehousing; Professional & Business Services